Embroidery-frame.



A; ROMINGER. EMBROIDERY FRAME. APPLICATION FILED MAE.17, 1910.

985,453, Patented Feb. 28, 1911.

| My -.1 i 41 1 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

anoLr ROMINGER, or GUTTENBERG, NEW JERsEY.

EMBROIDERY-FRAME.

To all-whom 'it may concern:

Be itknown' thzit 'I, Anonr llonmonn', a (:lllZtIl of'the German Empire, and a resi- 'dent of Guttenberg, county of Hu'dsomand .5 State of New Jersey, have invented certain newanduseful Improvements in Embroich cry-Frames, of which the following is a speci'ticatitm.

This invention relates to embroidery frames or devices for holding pieces of cloth,

handkerchiefs or the like in tightly stretched condition where they may be easily embroidered:

. The object of this invention is to provide a device of this kind which can be very,

easily operated to causethe same to hold in a stretched condition the piece of cloth be ing embroidered, in such a. manner that the I fabric will not be in any way 1n ured.

Referring to the drawings, Figure. 1' i a plan view of the device, Fig. 2'is a-long1tu-- di'nal'sectioiial view taken on the-line 2-2 j of Fig.-'1, parts being omitted,'Fig.-3'is a sectional view taken on the line 3..3'of Fig.

1, and Figs.- 4 'and 5 are sectional views taken respectively on lined-4: and 5 5 of FlgQl. I q 2 811111131. reference characters ndicate corresponding parts throughout the several fig- Referring more particularly to the draw-1.-

ing, the frame of the device is shown. co nprising-a rear. piece 10, a forward piece 11 and a plurality'of upwardly opening-chain 35. nel bars 13 suitably secured as' shown in Fig. 2, in transverse grooves 14 in said pieces. The forward ends 15 of-the edgesof each channel bar 13 are 1broughtuslightly togthefftoform a snug seat ill-Which are Specification of l r q Patented'leb. 28, 1911. Application filed March 17, 1910. Serial No. 549.832.

The forward and rear pieces 10 and 11 are teners 22 are provided'at 'the top face of the rear piece IO for holding theclarnping bars within the'channelvbarsg. 4

Between the forward ends of adjacentehannel bars and upon the top face of the forward piece 11, clips 23 are provided-for ofhandkerchiefs or part of.-o'ther material being holding the corners any convenient operated upon. These clips comprisea stationary protecting plate=24 suitably. secured to the top face of-the forward piece 11, and a curved clamping plate-25 vertically movable-upon guide pins 26'and upon-the bolt' j 27 passed through said forward piece. Said bolt is provided with a suitablenut 28 for forcing the curved plate 25 downwardly against the protecting plate 24:, whilea helical spring 29 is interposed between said,

plates to move said curved plate upwardly againstzthe actionof the nut'QS.

.The operation of the device is asfollows :'-A portion of the material to be worked upon, for instance,'the corner of a handkerchief is secured in the clip 23,

then one of'the adjacent clamping bars is opened and the material laid across the channel bar after which the clamping bar is forced into place in the channel bar and secured therein by mean'sof the fastener 22,

then the fabric is drawn fairly tightly across 40 pivotally receivedfiheforward ends of the 'the other adjacentchannel bar and clamped pivoted clamping. bars 1.6, said clampin'g with the" corresponding clamping bar in a row structure permits it close spacing of the similar manner. When thishas been done it will be found'that the material is very tightly .stretchedbetween two adjacent clamping bars,-after which the material may be operated upon by-hand or machine in the usual manner.

It-i's understoodthat various changes may be made in the arrangement, sizes and details of the various-parts of this device withbars being twistedto form manipulating v portions-17 at their rear-ends, and covered at their intermediate parts with a-tubular 45 rubber 1 covering 18 whereby the clamping bar is prevented from cutting the fabric,

The channel bars 13 are very deep relati'vely to their width, and the bars 416, are similarly constructed being very narrow. This nar; 105.

"- object of this is that by cutting of't-he fabric. is prevented.

a channel bars. -The channel: bars are so formed thatthe side edges 19, of saidbars are folded-outwardly and tightly back upon themselves as clearly shown in Fig. 3. 1 The this arrangement :1

tion. This device is; adapted to hold anydesired materialfor any operation a'ndis not limited to the use ofenibroide -ing on fabrics,

ortosniall articles since it 1 obvious that out departing from thescope of the inven- 15 channel bars and provided with rearw-ardly extending manipulating portions, clamping 'bar fasteners carried by the rear frame piece, protecting plates carried on the upper face of the forward member, pins and a bolt projecting throughv each protecting 2 plate into said forward framepiece, a curved clamping plate vertically movable'on said pinsjand bolt, a nut on said-bolt adapt-- ed to presssaid curved plate downwardly and a spring interposed between said curved -2 plate and said protecting plate.

In testlmony, that I claini -the foregoing as my lnvention, I have signed 'my name n presence of two subscribing" witnesses.

ADOLF ROMINGER;

Witnesses: 4

- PAUL Gonrnn,

J 0H1? MURTAGH.

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' Washington,- D. C. 

